That's right - thanks to the NYS legislature these three things will forever be linked in the history of NYS. Sweet corn and crossbows are the subject of 2 out of 5 laws the legislature has worked to pass this week instead of addressing the currently stalled bill on gay ...

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Exciting news out of NYC yesterday!

The New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation (HHC) formally announced yesterday the launch of a mandatory employee training on LGBT cultural competence in NYC hospitals.  This is exciting work and an amazing step in closing the very real disparity that exists for LGBT people ...

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If you're a frequent reader here on everybodysgood, you are probably already well aware that the month of March is NY LGBT Health Month and there are a ton of activities taking place here in the Rochester region.  (Click HERE to learn more about what we've done and ...

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 The Human Rights Campaign recently announced that the survey for the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) 2011 is now open.

 The HEI measures US healthcare facilities in their fair treatment of LGBT patients, as well as employees. There are five main categories in which the HEI does this: patient non-discrimination, visitation ...

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On July 18 Erin Vaught awoke coughing up a cup of blood. After instruction from her primary physician Vaught drove with her wife and child to the Ball Memorial Hospital emergency room in Indiana, where she thought she would be diagnosed and treated for whatever was causing her health problems ...

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Marriage equality is not about the ability to call someone wife or husband. It’s about the ability to protect our families from a variety of situations, the most important of which is healthcare.

A recent study by the UCLA School of Public Health and Lambda Legal Defense and Education ...

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On Monday, June 21, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of a new diagnostic test for HIV infection. The new test, called the ARCHITECT HIV Ag/Ab Combo assay, looks for both HIV antigens and antibodies. The test promises faster and more reliable detection of HIV infection ...

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High blood pressure affects approximatelyone in three people in the Rochester area. Whether you’re straight or queer, high blood pressure can have serious effects on your health, ranging from headaches or dizziness to heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, and impaired vision.

Some of the causes of high blood ...

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 Last week on April 15 President Obama sent a memorandum to the secretary of his Health and Human Services agency, Kathleen Sebelius, ordering that she ensure that all hospitals getting Medicaid or Medicare funding (which is most hospitals in the United States) honor all patients' advance care directives. This includes ...

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A 2005 survey of gay/bisexual men found that 39% had never disclosed their orientation to their healthcare provider and studies have shown similar patterns among lesbian/bisexual women. If you have never come out to your provider, do it. If you don’t feel comfortable doing so or think ...

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